WEBVTT GROUND ON A PLAYGROUND TO HONOR THE LIVES OF CLASSMATES WHO DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE. ALTHOUGH IT’S NOT BUILT YET. THE PLAY GROUND IS ALREADY HELPING THE COMMUNITY HEAL. THE MALONE FAMILY BROKE GROUND ON A PLAYGROUND DEDICATED TO THEIR SIX YOUNG CHILDREN WHO DIED IN A HOUSE FIRE IN JANUARY 2017. CAME ALONE AND THREE OF HER NINE CHILDREN MADE IT OUT OF THE HOME THEIR FATHER. BILL WASN’T HOME AT THE TIME. KATE HAS WORKED AS AN AIDE FOR CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. >> AND WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND IT THEN AND WE DON’T NECESSARILY UNDERSTAND IT NOW. DEBORAH: THE MALONE CHILDREN MEMORIAL PLAYGROUND WILL HAVE CLIMBING EQUIPMENT. A ZIP LINE. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. AND SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS. CONGRESSMAN CUMMINGS SAYS THE PLAYGROUND WILL SEND A MESSAGE OF HOPE. CLICKS I’VE OFTEN SAID THAT OUT OF DEATH SO OFTEN COMES LIFE. SO IT WILL BE THE CHILDREN WHO WILL PLAY ON THIS PLAYGROUND WHO WILL BECOME OUR LEGISLATORS, OUR OUR LAWYERS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS, OUR MORTICIANS. >> IT IS GOING TO HELP US REMEMBER OUR FRIENDS THAT WE LOST AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT. >> IT’S A WAY TO HONOR THE MALONES AND SHOW THEM THAT WE CARE. DEBORAH: SIX CHERRY TREES AT THE PARK’S HIGHEST POINT WILL FORM A CIRCLE. TO REPRESENT THE SIX LIVES TAKEN TOO SOON. FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO BATTLED THE FIRE THE PLAYGROUND PROJECT IS HELPING THEM HEAL CLICKS AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THE PLAYGROUND WILL INCORPORATE ALL OF US AND THE SPIRIT OF THE FOLKS WE LOST AND EVERYONE HER >> THIS IS THE LEGACY. LOVE IT, TREASURE IT, BRING YOUR CHILDREN HERE WHEN YOU ARE OLDER. DEBORAH THE PARK IS BEING PUT ON : LAND DONATED BY J.P. MORGAN CHASE. VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEEDED TO HELP WITH LANDSCAPING AND OTHER PROJECTS. DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED LATER THIS S

The Malone family broke ground Wednesday on a playground dedicated to their six young children who died in a house fire last year.The family lost six of their nine children when their northeast Baltimore home caught fire on Jan. 12, 2017. Kate Malone and three of her nine children made it out of the home. Their father, Bill Malone, wasn't home at the time.Although it's not built yet, the playground is already helping the community heal. The Malone Children Memorial Playground will have climbing equipment, a zip line, musical instruments and science experiments. "This is Bridget, Amelia, Amanda, Zoey, Billy and Daniel's legacy. Love it, treasure it, bring your children here when you are old," Kate Malone said. Two of the six children killed in the fire attended City Neighbors Charter School in northeast Baltimore. Six cherry trees at the park's highest point will form a circle to represent the six lives taken too soon. Kate Malone worked as an aide for Rep. Elijah Cummings for more than a decade. "We did not understand it then, and we don't necessarily understand it now," Cummings said. Cummings said the playground will send a message of hope. "I've often said that out of death, so often comes life. So it will be the children who will play on this playground who will become our legislators, our doctors, our lawyers, our teachers, our principals, our morticians," Cummings said. "It's going to help us remember our friends that we lost, and everybody is going to be able to enjoy it," a student said. "It's a way to honor the Malones and show them that we care," another student said. For the firefighters who battled the fire, the playground project is helping them heal. "I just like that the playground will incorporate all of us, and the spirit of the folks we lost and everyone here," a firefighter said. The park is being built on land donated by J.P. Morgan Chase. Volunteers will be needed to help with landscaping and other projects. Details will be released later this summer.Link: GoFundMe Page

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The Malone family broke ground Wednesday on a playground dedicated to their six young children who died in a house fire last year.

The family lost six of their nine children when their northeast Baltimore home caught fire on Jan. 12, 2017. Kate Malone and three of her nine children made it out of the home. Their father, Bill Malone, wasn't home at the time.

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Although it's not built yet, the playground is already helping the community heal. The Malone Children Memorial Playground will have climbing equipment, a zip line, musical instruments and science experiments.

Two of the six children killed in the fire attended City Neighbors Charter School in northeast Baltimore. Six cherry trees at the park's highest point will form a circle to represent the six lives taken too soon.

Kate Malone worked as an aide for Rep. Elijah Cummings for more than a decade.

"We did not understand it then, and we don't necessarily understand it now," Cummings said.

Cummings said the playground will send a message of hope.

"I've often said that out of death, so often comes life. So it will be the children who will play on this playground who will become our legislators, our doctors, our lawyers, our teachers, our principals, our morticians," Cummings said.

"It's going to help us remember our friends that we lost, and everybody is going to be able to enjoy it," a student said.

"It's a way to honor the Malones and show them that we care," another student said.

For the firefighters who battled the fire, the playground project is helping them heal.

"I just like that the playground will incorporate all of us, and the spirit of the folks we lost and everyone here," a firefighter said.

The park is being built on land donated by J.P. Morgan Chase. Volunteers will be needed to help with landscaping and other projects. Details will be released later this summer.